Abstract The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument was launched in
October 2011 as part of the Suomi National Polar‐Orbiting Partnership (S‐NPP). The VIIRS …

Urban land use information that reflects socio-economic functions and human activities is
critically essential for urban planning, landscape design, environmental management …

Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …

This paper describes the latest version of the algorithm MAIAC used for processing the
MODIS Collection 6 data record. Since initial publication in 2011–2012, MAIAC has …

We introduce the first catchment dataset for large sample studies in Chile. This dataset
includes 516 catchments; it covers particularly wide latitude (17.8 to 55.0∘ S) and elevation …

libRadtran is a widely used software package for radiative transfer calculations. It allows one
to compute (polarized) radiances, irradiance, and actinic fluxes in the solar and thermal …

The Landsat satellites have been providing spectacular imagery of the Earth's surface for
over 40 years. However, they acquire images at view angles±7.5° from nadir that cause …

Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous
assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by …

We present a new and improved version (V4. 0) of the NASA standard nitrogen dioxide (NO
2) product from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. This version …